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AIRLINES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2013
Return rush peaks after Bon holiday season
Railway stations, airports and expressways nationwide were jammed Saturday with travelers returning home from the Bon holidays.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Narita seeing more overnighters
Narita airport is seeing a rise in travelers staying overnight to catch early morning flights on budget airlines that began domestic services a year ago.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2013
JAL will continue using ELTs in 787 fleet
After completing an inspection of the emergency locator transmitter beacons on its fleet of nine Dreamliners, Japan Airlines Co. said it will continue using them on the aircraft.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2013
U.K. mayor wants to close Heathrow
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will submit plans to close the British capital's Heathrow Airport on the grounds that it's too noisy and replace it with a four-runway hub in one of three locations east or north of the city.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2013
Beijing airport least punctual for departures: survey
Beijing's main airport was ranked lowest for on-time departures last month as military controls of airspace and an expanding fleet add to air-traffic congestion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2013
Did Korean culture contribute to Asiana crash in San Francisco?
A comment Monday by the head of the National Transportation Safety Board sounded reasonable to the average ear, but for aviation crash experts there was an immediate connection to a remarkable 1999 crash of a Boeing 747 just after takeoff from London.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2013
Crisis: The final approach of Flight 214
The first major U.S. plane crash in a dozen years began to unfold in utterly undramatic fashion just before noon Saturday when a big white passenger jet with red, blue and yellow flashings banked to the right and began to descend toward the wide runways of San Francisco International Airport.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2013
Air fatalities a rarity since '01
San Francisco AFP-JIJI
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2013
Kagoshima pares bureaucrats and adds residents to parry China junket claims
Responding to criticism over wasteful spending, Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito said Wednesday he would include about 300 prefectural residents in his plan to dispatch 1,000 officials to Shanghai for training for the sake of maintaining the city of Kagoshima's Shanghai flight route, which has seen a large decline in passengers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2013
Ministry orders JAL, ANA to inspect Dreamliners
Transport minister Akihiro Ota said Tuesday he has ordered Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. to inspect all of their Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one operated by JAL experienced a problem with its battery container Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2013
Delta ups ante in battle for New York fliers with $1.4 billion terminal
Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 24, 2013
LCCs revive female flight attendant aspirations
Becoming a flight attendant is the dream of many young women, but the rigorous standards and high competition often thwart their plans.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2013
'82 Pan Am bomber who killed boy freed
Mohammed Rashed, who placed a bomb that damaged a Pan Am jet over the Pacific in 1982, killing a Japanese high schooler, was released from federal prison Wednesday, a U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 20, 2013
Flush ANA looking to make deals in South Asia
All Nippon Airways Co., Japan's largest airline by sales, is looking for acquisitions and partnerships abroad, with an eye particularly on India and Thailand, after raising $1.8 billion in a share sale last year to expand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2013
Measures unveiled to aid airlines with grounded 787s
The transport ministry unveils steps to aid airlines forced to keep their Boeing 787 jets grounded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2013
SAS bullish on Japan after logging best year ever in 2012, exec says
Scandinavian Airlines System has seen its business in Japan recover dramatically since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the upturn is continuing, according to an SAS executive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2013
787 to weigh on airlines as safety concerns drag on
Despite experts' best efforts to get to the bottom of the mishaps involving Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, pinpointing the causes may take a while, leaving the timetable for their return to the skies uncertain.
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jan 23, 2013
Singapore Air voucher offer; American Airlines upgrades; Korean Air flies Honolulu
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Japan Times
Uncategorized / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 24, 2012
KLM to fly to Fukuoka; SAS renews in-flight menu; Cathay's Auckland-Japan campaign
KLM to fly to Fukuoka
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 18, 2012
Budget airline determined to give passengers their money's worth
Skymark Airlines wants customers to understand what it means to be a 'budget' airline.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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